Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Proportional Defamation 1916 at The Tightrope

As I mentioned in a recent post, The Easter Rising's centenary celebrations were ubiquitous around here the past few weeks and we comedy improvisors couldn't help but get in on the act ourselves. At Tightrope (an improv night in Dublin every Monday) we decided to reunite some of the heads involved in the Proportional Defamation election show and bring back to life some important figures from 1916 like Eamon De Valera, Countess Markievicz, James Connolly, and WB Yeats (played by myself).

If you missed it, don't despair as the wonderful Mark Cantan put together a highlight video that you can watch below! Our apologies to Irish heroes both living and dead...